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ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

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Session Overview

Session

In-water Biology #4

Time:

Tuesday, 25/Mar/2025:

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Session Chair: Mariela Pajuelo
Session Chair: Nathan Jack Robinson
Session Chair: Gabriela Manuela Velez-Rubio
Session Chair: Ryan Welsh

Location: Omari Hall

Session Topics:

In-water Biology (Behaviour, Ecology, Migration, Telemetry, and Foraging)

Session Abstract

*Denotes Archie Carr Student Award candidate; ^ Denotes Grassroots Award candidate; Presenting author is underlined

Presentations

4:00pm - 4:15pm

HAWKSBILL DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC: INSIGHTS DERIVED THROUGH COLLABORATIVE SYNTHESIS

Andrew S. Maurer^1,2,3, Eduardo Cuevas⁴, Abigail Uribe-Martínez⁴, Claudio Bellini⁵, Erik A. P. dos Santos⁵, Renata M. A. Ramos⁶, Armando J. B. Santos^7,8, Neca Marcovaldi⁸, Gustavo Stahelin⁸, Raul Diaz Miron⁹, Kristen M. Hart¹⁰, Daniel R. Evans¹¹, Lemuel Pemberton¹², Seth P. Stapleton³, Kaj Schut¹³, Daan Zeegers¹³, Félix Moncada-Gavilán¹⁴, Damien Chevallier¹⁵, Lucy A. Hawkes¹⁶, Yolanda M. León¹⁷, Annette C. Broderick¹⁶, Brendan J. Godley¹⁶, Ohiana Revuelta¹⁸, Jesús Tomás¹⁸, Carlos E. Diez¹⁹, Robert P. van Dam²⁰, Louise M. Soanes²¹, Farah Mukhida²¹, Kafi Gumbs²², Julia A. Horrocks²³, Darren C. Browne²³, Julian Walcott²³, Gina Belle²⁴, Kelly R. Stewart²⁵, Kate E. Charles²⁶, Kenrith D. Carter^26,27, David P. Marancik²⁸, Cynthia J. Lagueux²⁹, Cathi L. Campbell²⁹, Rhema Bjorkland³⁰, Andrea Donaldson³¹, Peter B. Richardson³², Nicole Esteban³³, Jack Wiggins¹⁶, Alwyn Ponteen³⁴, Kathryn Audroing³⁵, Miquel Garcia³⁶, Jeffrey A. Seminoff¹, Kimberly M. Stewart³⁷, Karen L. Eckert³⁷

¹NOAA - Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California, USA; ²National Research Council, Washington DC, USA; ³Jumby Bay Hawksbill Project, Antigua; ⁴Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico; ⁵Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Tartarugas Marinhas e da Biodiversidade Marinha do Leste, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil; ⁶ENGEO – Soluções Integradas em Meio Ambiente, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil; ⁷Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA; ⁸Fundaçao Pró-TAMAR, Brazil; ⁹Aquarium del Puerto de Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico; ¹⁰United States Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Davie, Florida, USA; ¹¹Sea Turtle Conservancy, Gainesville, Florida, USA; ¹²Nevis Turtle Group, Gingerland, Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis; ¹³Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire, Kralendijk, Bonaire; ¹⁴Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras, La Habana, Cuba; ¹⁵Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Les Anses d’Arlet, Martinique, French West Indies; ¹⁶University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom; ¹⁷Grupo Jaragua, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; ¹⁸Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; ¹⁹Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA; ²⁰Chelonia Inc, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA; ²¹Anguilla National Trust, The Valley, Anguilla; ²²Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, The Valley, Anguilla; ²³University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados; ²⁴Ministry of Environment and National Beautification, Bridgetown, Barbados; ²⁵The Ocean Foundation, Washington DC, USA; ²⁶Ocean Spirits Inc, St. Patrick, Grenada; ²⁷Dr Carter Veterinary Services, Grenada; ²⁸St. George's University, True Blue, Grenada; ²⁹University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA; ³⁰George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA; ³¹National Environment and Planning Agency, Kingston, Jamaica; ³²Marine Conservation Society, Hereford, Herefordshire, United Kingdom; ³³Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom; ³⁴Fisheries and Ocean Governance Unit, Brades, Montserrat; ³⁵Turtle Village Trust, Trinidad and Tobago; ³⁶Environmental Awareness Group, Antigua; ³⁷Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST)

4:15pm - 4:30pm

OBSERVED DIFFERENCES IN HAWKSBILL RESIDENCY TIMES BETWEEN AREAS OF HIGH AND LOW HUMAN ACTIVITY

Scott Thomas Eanes¹, Wlliam Alexander Webb¹, Kate Charles², Paul Dugald Jobsis¹, Benson Nicholas², Tevin Nicholas², Kenrith Carter², Jessica Michaels¹, Andrew McGregor¹, Miles Brill¹

¹The Hawksbill Project, United Kingdom; ²Ocean Spirits

4:30pm - 4:45pm

*MIGRATIONS AND HOMERANGE AREAS OF POST-NESTING HAWKSBILL TURTLES (ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA) TAGGED ON MOSO ISLAND, REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

Charlotte Kassis¹, Laura Jim¹, Marc Rice¹, Dana Briscoe^2,3, Francis Hickey⁴

¹Hawaii Preparatory Academy Sea Turtle Research Program; ²Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA, United States; ³Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States; ⁴Traditional Resource Management Program at Vanuatu Cultural Centre, Republic of Vanuatu

4:45pm - 5:00pm

*SOCIAL INTERACTIONS OF JUVENILE GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) IN BREWERS BAY, ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

Corinne Eva Johnson¹, Jordan Matley², Nathan J. Robinson^3,4, Andrew Maurer⁵, Paul Jobsis¹

¹The University of the Virgin Islands, United States of America; ²Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; ³Institut De Ciències Del Mar – Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona, Spain; ⁴Fundación Oceanogràfic de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain; ⁵NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California, United States of America

5:00pm - 5:15pm

MINIATURE SATELLITE TAGS REVEAL DISPERSAL MOVEMENTS AND BEHAVIOURS OF EARLY STAGE POST-STRANDED AND REHABILITATED JUVENILE LOGGERHEAD TURTLES

Talitha Noble-Trull¹, Jeanette Wyneken², Tony Candela⁴, Judy Mann-Lang¹, George Shillinger³

¹Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa; ²Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA; ³Upwell, Monterey, CA 93940, USA; ⁴Upwell, Monterey, CA 93940, USA; Mercator Ocean International, Toulouse, France; Aquarium La Rochelle, Centre dÉtudes et de Soins pour les Tortues Marines, La Rochelle, France

5:15pm - 5:30pm

ACOUSTIC TAGGING OF POST-REHABILITATION SEA TURTLES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Ruth Wright¹, Dylan Bailey¹, John Worth²

¹1PE Museum at Bayworld, Gqeberha, South Africa; ²CMR at Nelson Mandela University (Centre for Marine Research), Gqueberha, South Africa